The Little Tokyo Senior
Residents Association (LTSRA) seeks to represent the 1,200 residents living in
five affrodable housing complexes and three residential hotels in Little Tokyo.
The mission of LTSRA is to identify and represent the needs and rights of
low-income senior residents in Little Tokyo, and to increase their involvement
in issues of concern to them, and in civic life generally.

Community Organizing also includes
working to build and strengthen the community coalition necessary to enable
Little Tokyo as a whole to weigh in on issues of development--whether it be
private developments or public transit. Working through the Little Tokyo
Community Council and other coalition bodies, LTSC continues to play a role in
the cultural and historic preservation of Little Tokyo. LTSC has tangibly
contributed by renovating three out of the 15 buildings in the Little Tokyo
Historic District on First Street: the San Pedro Firm Building, the Union
Center for the Arts, and most recently, the Far East Building.